Mason 🏃‍♂️✂️ on Twitter: "Balaji got *slammed* by journos for assuming, publicly, that this writer was going after the wrong narrative and probably not reaching out in good faith. Remarkably, that didn't kill the story. And so here Balaji is, ripping to absolute shreds. Enjoy. It is a thing of beauty.… https://t.co/XuwKGqqip5"

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Balaji got *slammed* by journos for assuming, publicly, that this writer was going after the wrong narrative and probably not reaching out in good faith. Remarkably, that didn't kill the story. And so here Balaji is, ripping to absolute shreds. Enjoy. It is a thing of beauty.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1228447944287932416 …

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Incredible. Last week I called out a journalist who I thought was writing a piece that would be a disservice to public health. Unfortunately, my concerns proved well-founded. Recode’s virus piece ignores WHO & CDC, gets the science wrong…and focuses on handshakes! Thread:

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1. Simranjeet Riyat ‏ @SimRiyat Feb 14
  
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  Funny how Vox does a piece on how we can avoid a pandemic a few months ago before the corona virus and talks about limiting physical contact but because some people in Silicon Valley now do it, only then it can be ridiculed as some weird elitist behaviour.
  
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1. Bishop‏ @BishopFromArk Feb 14
  
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  The people running these publications are out of touch and desperate for clickbait advertising revenue
  
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1. Zim‏ @zimbatsu Feb 14
  
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  Pretty delightful to see him go through point after point.pic.twitter.com/iFqrgXF9jB
  
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1. Little Green Men? In my nation's cities?‏ @MoralHazardPay Feb 14
  
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  While he's right and you should probably talk to journos like you talk to cops, I still think that an instant shame wasn't the right call without actually confirming and seeing if he could direct them to an actual story.
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1. Levi DeHaan‏ @levidehaan Feb 14
  
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  When do we ever shake hands? We don't even meet in person most of the time :D
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1. Anthony Westrup ‏ @WestrupA Feb 15
  
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  Balaji killed it with substance. Just hard not to worry about what's ahead. Reporting should be about how to prepare, and all we have on that is crickets.
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